Significance tests An example: the sign test In the evaluation of a course on evidence based health care for nurses, before and after the course the nurses were asked to complete a multiple choice test. This produces a k

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Date: 2007-05-04 09:16:54 Statistical inference Design of experiments Non-parametric statistics Statistical hypothesis testing P-value Null hypothesis Statistical power Statistical significance F-test Statistics Hypothesis testing Statistical tests		Significance tests An example: the sign test In the evaluation of a course on evidence based health care for nurses, before and after the course the nurses were asked to complete a multiple choice test. This produces a k Add to Reading List Source URL: www-users.york.ac.uk Download Document from Source Website File Size: 128,76 KB Share Document on Facebook

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